Apple-Samsung war rages on with new German lawsuits over 10 phones

Apple isn't letting up on its war against Android device manufacturers: the …

Another day, another patent lawsuit between Apple and an Android phone manufacturer. Apple has filed a new lawsuit against Samsung in Germany targeting 10 of the company's smartphones, including the Galaxy S Plus and S II.

According to court spokesperson Peter Schetz speaking to Bloomberg, the suit is based on Apple's European design registration for (presumably) the iPhone. Schetz said that Apple also filed another suit against five more of Samsung's tablets following a previous ban by a Düsseldorf court issued against the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

The move comes as part of a continuous back-and-forth between Samsung and Apple in Europe. Most recently, German judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann said that Samsung's modified Galaxy Tab for the German market—the 10.1N—seemed to be sufficiently different from the iPad and likely wouldn't face an injunction. The European Commission has also confirmed that it's making antitrust inquiries with Apple and Samsung over the patent battle, though the Commission has not yet commented on the details of its investigation.